re: Why aren't more conservatives in education?

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I think it's more to do with the American culture. Men are expected to fend for themselves at a much earlier age than females. A 21yr old male living at home with his parents is looked down upon in America---this forces men to find work early to try and live up to the social norms of America--which in turn means bypassing college most times or going to college part time.

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this argument would only make sense if women, historically, dominated men in college/post-grad education

they haven't and only have created that gap once feminization programs were implemented starting in the 60s/70s

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Yeah right, you've obviously never set foot on a college campus if you believe t

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BS in Chemistry '12
MBA '16

College professor weighing in.

There are more than you think. But the problem is that the liberals in academia are so loud that people fear for their livelihood if they take a stand. That guy at Yale last year that basically said college is for learning and exposing yourself to new ideas got forced out.

When I was working on my doctorate at LSU, the department head I was under was ultra liberal. However, the head of my dissertation committee was a female professor that was a staunch conservative. I had other professors that either did not make it known, or I could tell in the commenting that they leaned conservative.

But when I took classes under the department head, I knew I had to slant my analysis left or my grades would suffer. I told myself I would never do that to my students and I haven't - and I have had some students left of Marx.

If you are speaking of K-12 education, then those are educrats. They might be conservative when it comes to social issues and things non-education, but if you dare change education funding, they are as vicious as the pussy hat wearers.

Also in K-12, it is female dominated. I ran the numbers on my children. When they started kindergarten, based on the personnel when they started, they had a greater than 80% chance of never having a male teacher. I suspect that is common for most parents on this board.

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if you're in an undergrad social science program, you are pre-judged, often harshly, based on politics

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Social science, ok--but most ppl aren't going to college for those.

princetonreview

Only two social sceicnes are on that list for most pouplar majors.

I had other sources but thought this one was more credible. Hard looking up stuff on the crapper.

Most popular majors

10. HISTORY
9. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
8. LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES
6. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS
5. TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFIC LEVELS AND METHODS
2. GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

and that's with 8 covering probably like 10 different majors itself


here's another one

Georgetown's top 20 most popular majors. breaks down the general majors a bit more

5. Psychology
6. Communications and mass media
7. Marketing and marketing research
8. General education
9. Elementary education
10. English language and literature
13. Criminal justice and fire protection
15. Political science and government
16. Economics (it's considered a social science/art in many unis)
18. History
19. Liberal arts
20. Sociology

reading, learning cursive and arithmetic is enough.

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What is the reason for this?

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The same reason you don't see many skilled, intelligent people on city council. The people with ability, intelligence and work-ethic are out making real money.

Because once you learn a thing or two, you tend to become a Democrat

ITT: lots of generalizations